Which LIST book did you just finish? Showing 4,451-4,500 of 10,248

[Aileen]

Alison wrote: "I FINALLY just finished War and Peace! It took over 2 years to read. It was good, but I'm so glad it's done!"

Well done! I took it over seven months and I felt such a sense of achievement when I finished!

[Karen]

The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Congratulations on War and Peace!

[Ellinor]

Finished In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee

[Mia]

I finished The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin and Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

[George P.]

Ellinor wrote: "Finished In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee"

Hope to see your comments on the group-read thread. I'm still reading it.

[George P.]

Alison wrote: "I FINALLY just finished War and Peace! It took over 2 years to read. It was good, but I'm so glad it's done!"

Well done. It's on my bucket list for after (semi) retirement.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. I liked it, though I'm not sure it's a 'must-read'. Entertaining though.

[Karen]

Thomas Of Reading by Thomas Deloney

[Bob]

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo. Started slow with all Hugo's description of Paris, the place names, and the people of import, many of whom played no part in the story. But it improved greatly with intrigue, betrayal and death, hope, love, and romance.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. A sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy coming of age/coming out story of a young woman in 1960s England. I thought it was very well done.

[Karen]

Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
Beautifully written novel about a middle class Indian family during and after the partition of India.

[Diane]

Finished The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa.

[Armi]

Wuthering Heights Second read and still love it!

[Karen]

Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante

[Mia]

Swannin rakkaus; Paikannimet: nimi by Marcel Proust.

[Ellinor]

Black Dogs by Ian McEwan

[Diane]

Finished Memoirs of a Peasant Boy by Xosé Neira Vilas.

[Tim]

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[Tyler]

Invisible by Paul Auster

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Tyler wrote: "Invisible by Paul Auster"

What did you think? I was left scratching my head over what was 'must-read-before-you-die' about it.

[Diane]

Finished Reasons to Live by Amy Hempel.

[Peter]

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. I really enjoyed it.

[Diane]

Finished Pastoralia by George Saunders.

[Tasha]

Bryan wrote: "Tyler wrote: "Invisible by Paul Auster"

What did you think? I was left scratching my head over what was 'must-read-before-you-die' about it."

Yeah. Me too. I seem to feel that way about all of Auster's work. I like them mostly, but I never feel they are list worthy.

[Tim]

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

[Mia]

I finished The Quest by Frederik van Eeden.

[Karen]

A Lear of the Steppes (aka King Lear of the Steppes), by Ivan Turgenev

[Armi]

Finished Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Lovely book! Next I have to read the second novel by Verne on the List.

[Yrinsyde]

Bryan wrote: "Tyler wrote: "Invisible by Paul Auster"
What did you think? I was left scratching my head over what was 'must-read-before-you-die' about it."

I was too Bryan ... The only Auster I've read so far.

[Mia]

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka. I loved it, 5 stars.

[George P.]

Ellinor wrote: "Finished In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee"

I've also now finished In the Heart of the Country. I didn't really like it as much as the other 2 books of his I've read, though there is certainly some very good writing there.

[Karen]

The Immoralist by Andre Gide

[Tim]

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

[Deborah]

Jane Eyre

[Diane]

Finished Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy.

[Armi]

Journey to the Center of the Earth

[Tim]

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

[Tyler]

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

[Birthe]

In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee

[Diane]

Also finished In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee

[Jaide]

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott & In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee

[George P.]

Finished Pastoralia by George Saunders. Pretty amusing.

[Sarah]

Alison wrote: "I FINALLY just finished War and Peace! It took over 2 years to read. It was good, but I'm so glad it's done!"

Congratulations! I read it after Les Miserables last summer and finished in two weeks. I knew if I put it down it would drag out!!

[Sarah]

Finished Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell.

[Karen]

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

[Aileen]

Surfacing by Margaret Atwood 3/5

[Benjamin]

I read The Breast by Philip Roth in about 45 minutes yesterday. I found an original hardcover at a local bookstore, and decided to pick it up on behalf of my curiosity, and it being on the list. While I can't say I loved it, it was, to an extent, enjoyable and Roth presented some interesting ideas, but in the end I feel it fell kind of flat.

[Benjamin]

Lolita by Nabokov. Absolutely fantastic.

[Diane]

Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki.